Kim Kiri

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Kiri
Born (1985-11-27) November 27, 1985
Seosan, South Korea
Medium television
Nationality South Korean
Years active 2006–present
Genres Observational, Sketch, Parody
Korean name
Hangul 김기리
Hanja
Revised Romanization Gim Giri
McCune–Reischauer Kim Kiri

Kim Kiri (Hangul: 김기리, sometimes romanized as Kim Kilee or Kim Giri) is a South Korean comedian best known from his appearances on the comedy sketch show Gag Concert aired by KBS2.

He signed with Cube Entertainment in September 2012, making him the first comedian under the label.

From December 2012 onwards Kim dated fellow Gag Concert comedian Shin Bora, however it was reported in June 2015 that the two have since broken up.[1][2][3][4] On May 15, 2016, he appeared on King of Mask Singer (episode 59) and had a great rap performance. During the interview after, he said "Thank to this program, I broke up my own limit".[5]

In 2016, he entered Tribe of Hip Hop 2 as a contestant who perfectly copied Paloalto's Good Life, and was revealed he turned down opportunities to compete in Show Me the Money twice due to his lack of ability to write lyrics, but ended up not being in Paloalto's team because the team ran of of diamonds to bid for him.

Filmography

Television show

Year Title Network Notes
2006 Gag 1 SBS Cast member
2009 Gag Star KBS2 Cast member
2010–present Gag Concert KBS2 Cast member
2013 Mamma Mia KBS2 Guest
Hello Counselor KBS2 Guest, episode 150
2014 The Human Condition (TV series) KBS2 Guest, episodes 49–51
Cast, episode 68–92
2015 Hello Counselor KBS2 Guest, episodes 213 and 228
Game of Thrones: The Return of Superman vs Two Days and One Night KBS2 Participant
2016 King of Mask Singer MBC Contestant as "I'm Fine Thank You", episode 59
Tribe of Hip Hop JTBC Contestant

Drama

Year Title Role Network
2013 The Queen Of Office Cameo appearance KBS2
You’re The Best Lee Soon Shin Cameo appearance KBS2

Voice artist

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Dragon Hunters Gwizdo voice, Korean language dub

Gag Concert Segments

Discography

Jeon Guk Gu

Year Title Notes
2013 Fashion City Single album

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result
2012 KBS Entertainment Awards Best Newcomer Award Won

References

  1. ddangha. "Comedians Kim Gi Ri and Shin Bo Ra Break Up After Two Years". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  2. Choi, Eun-hwa (2 April 2013). "Shin Bora and Kim Gi Ri Reveal They've Been Dating". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  3. "Comedians Kim Gi-ri, Shin Bo-ra Start Seeing Each Other". The Chosun Ilbo. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  4. Lee, Sun-min (3 April 2013). "Kim Ki-ri, Shin Bo-ra are now dating". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  5. "김기리 "'복면가왕', 나에 대한 두려움 깨졌다" 소감". MBN (in Korean). May 15, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2016.

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